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------- Tuesday, January 16, 2018 -------
03:03 stevie_s: .
04:15 Nube: And now I finally see the need for an ECI scan
04:15 Nube:
05:22 MTS1: Room just closed last night as I was trying to post: Paris; thanks for Brian's details; he has several functions that I don't have highlighted and separate groups, so this will be helpfull; I'll reconcile and combine for who's interested in the future. There is no folding except for the comment sections; but I don't think TS has something usefull to use here anyway so that may be confirmed. Not in love with his color selections but to each their own and easilly changed to user prefs;).
05:25 Nube: Thanks, MTS. When you are done I will check it out. ++ is something I need to puts with more so looking forward to seeing what all this color stuff is a out.
05:25 Nube: Is *about
06:08 moroccanprince: hello
06:09 moroccanprince: SPI is currently a hot stock on news of trating a black-chain devision
06:19 harndog: wrong room
06:20 harndog: However, I think I got an email from a Nigerian Prince this morning...
06:21 Nube: You lucky dog.
06:23 harndog: A just friend checking in...
06:40 Nube: NQ will be 7k by lunch at this rate.
07:26 HoboTheClown: wondering if you guys can help out with options.  if i exercised some call options, do i have to have the full amount in my account or can it be on margin?  never exercised them before
07:28 HoboTheClown: i have some NVDA calls , 222.5 jan calls, it's negative now but the stock is at 226.  so if i exercise right now, i would be green overall.  is that right?
07:28 AlphaInvestor: Nube - beautiful example of ECI at work
07:29 Nube: I'm pretty sure there isn't a single rule regarding that so I suspect only the desk can answer that for sure.
07:30 AlphaInvestor: Hobo - there is almost always a better alternative to Exercising ... Call the Trade Desk
07:31 HoboTheClown: ok, thx guys. just wanted to get some ideas
07:31 AlphaInvestor: Hobo - in future, the Trader Lounge is a better place for trade discussions, this room is dedicated to thinkScript coding
07:32 HoboTheClown: yea.  good point :)  cheers
07:36 R2S2: is there a way to access the account balance and export port the live value to excel ?
07:39 Nube: Alpha, it's been in that range for so long I've forgotten about it. Had ECI on the chart yesterday and the bulb lit after I saw that. MonsterFlag Scan is needed.
07:39 AlphaInvestor: what symbol was that?
07:39 AlphaInvestor: P.S. I prefer that light peach over your earlier salmon border
07:40 Nube: SAN
07:40 AlphaInvestor: ah, that one often passes my fundie screens
07:40 Nube: It's a dumpster dive that happened to work, it's not a quality pick.
07:42 Nube: Okay, maybe it does have good fundies, I didn't chose it based on any fundamental basis.
07:43 AlphaInvestor: It is a monster bank that fell on hard times because of its location, from what I understand it is well managed
07:44 Joebone87: 0:36 R2S2: is there a way to access the account balance and export port the live value to excel ?

no
07:44 Joebone87: seems like an obvious feature...  i dont know why they dont have it in here
07:44 AlphaInvestor: Nube - it was a great IronCondor candidate based on what you saw (past tense) on the ECI. Not so much any more
07:45 AlphaInvestor: R2S2/Joe - you can export porfolio balances to your heart's content
07:47 Joebone87: ohh  you can in the API?  just not available in tos?
07:47 AlphaInvestor: Not the API, and not in RTD, but you can export your portfolio and all your positions from the Monitor - Account Statement tab
07:48 AlphaInvestor: I do it monthly to calculate Portflolio alpha and beta
07:50 Joebone87: right..  net liq seems like such an obvious thing to track within TOS.... i mean its why we are all here.   to increase netliq.. yet there no way to track its change other than monthly statements
07:50 AlphaInvestor: no, if you want you can export your positions and net liq every day, or every hour if you want
07:51 Joebone87: export it sure..  but wouldnt a graph of netliq be nice..
07:52 AlphaInvestor: that is doable too
07:52 AlphaInvestor: in thinkScript, or after an excel export
07:52 AlphaInvestor: The tools are all there, you just need to put them together
07:52 Joebone87: how would i track PnL in thinkscript?
07:52 Joebone87: not PnL.. net liq
07:53 AlphaInvestor: with the Portfolio functions
07:54 Joebone87: So i need to plug all my positions in and getopenPL()  ?
07:56 AlphaInvestor: unfortunately it might be more complicated than that, but yes you need all your positions input into a thinkScript program
07:57 AlphaInvestor: it is more complicated, because positions enter and exit your portfolio. As they do they may become N/A and you need to trap for that
07:57 Joebone87: not really efficient if I dont trade any stock and i dont hold option positions for < 2 months
07:57 AlphaInvestor: Note: all bets are off with options positions, because you would have to put in all your .OPRA codes
07:59 Joebone87: yeah... i thought so..  I think we tried this before..  just seems like its such an easy feature to implement on the backseide
08:01 AlphaInvestor: I have one working for all my stock positions (85-90%) plus cash (5-10%), but not the options side.
08:02 AlphaInvestor: It needs more testing and refinement before it is ready to see the wild an wonderful real world. Otherwise I will be in maintenance hell.
08:11 siva1: Hello all
08:12 siva1: Does any one has buy and sell volume for Index Indicator?
08:12 R2S2: wanting to have live data to make buying power calc's to be able to make better choices as to how much I should put into each trade... have been manually copying to my spread sheet
08:14 R2S2: =RTD("Tos.RTD", , "...........
08:18 AlphaInvestor: would be nice
08:23 Jake-Elwood: SIVA, buy/sell volume is not available in ToS
08:57 1Skeptigal: I  lost the cross hairs on hover for time and price on on the chart screen  anyone know where I should go to reset them back?  Thanks
08:59 R2S2: bottom of the chart  there is a circle with a cross in it.... by the plus/negative  zoom
09:01 1Skeptigal: Boy do I feel like a dumb blond...Thanks so much.
09:13 Nube: A slightly less than bullish morning session.

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13:43 ZupDog: Blue_Oyster_Cult,   good to see you in the room.  I have a question for ya.
13:43 Mobius: There are 4 variables in a chart alert
Alert(condition, "text", Alert.Type, Alert.Sound)
13:43 AlphaInvestor: ^^
13:44 AlphaInvestor: YOu were only passing 2 variables, the Alert() syntax expects 4
13:44 Mobius: I hate it when I pass the wrong sounds
13:45 trader990: Thanks Mobius and Alpha ,i understand what you guys mean now , i could swear i tried the syntax i wrote earlier and it worked before
13:45 trader990: Thanks guys i will try the one posted by Mobius
13:47 AlphaInvestor: Trader - you have 2 choices -
a) pass 4 parameters in the order expected by the function
b) pass them in any order, but name them correctly ... the remaining ones will take defaults if available

13:51 trader990: Thanks Alpha ,Mobius , you guys are teaching me something new everytime i go through a code ,seriously guys can't thank you enough
13:52 Shizznet: Reference/Inspector could take half of their job away if anyone paid attention to it.
13:54 Nube: It could take half my job away to if I could use it effectively.
13:57 Mobius: job - What is this job thing you speak of?
14:01 AlphaInvestor: Mobius - it is what the 99% do to get money
14:05 Nube: What is this money you speak of?
14:07 Shizznet: -_-
14:08 AlphaInvestor: Nube - that is what the 1% has ... for the rest, we have credit cards
14:10 Nube: Gold is money. Everything else is credit - I think JP Morgan?
14:12 Nube: I foresee another additional to the quote label
14:13 ZupDog: Hi Scripters.  I need help with my lower SMI study on this chart.  The bubbles at the top of the pane are not always easy to see.  I tried adding  * 1.002  to the end of line for the BUY bubble, but that did not work.   Any help here would be appreciated.                 http://tos.mx/Ozwgej#
14:15 Nube: Zup, change the height of the lower study by adding an additional line the same color as the background slightly higher and slightly lower than what you need.
14:16 Nube: Misleading: it won't change the physical height of the lower study.
14:17 ZupDog: Sorry Nube.  Do not understand what you mean.
14:19 ZupDog: so you saying that I should add an additional SMIscale line for 200?
14:19 Nube: Whatever the y axis value of the top of that bubble would be, plot a line there.
14:20 Nube: Plot line = sma + whateveryouneedforheadroom
14:21 Nube: Line.setdefaultcolor(color.your_background)
14:21 ZupDog: thanks Nube. will give it a try.
14:24 Shizznet: yw
14:35 ZupDog: got er done!  thanks again Nube.
14:37 pdub1: wat up peeps
14:44 pdub1: have i figured out how to stop the line? no, no i have not
14:46 pdub1: but thats ok, i'm working on something else now, if anyone would care to guide or confirm my findings (or guesses), it would be much appreciated
14:47 beergas: I pass them in order of ingestion
14:48 pdub1: i want to run a scan that will populate once the high of the 1st candle of the day has been broken, preferably 1 min, but i'm not sure that aggregation period would matter, but not sure, 1st order of busines is to isolate the 1st candle of the days high
14:55 Mobius: First RTH Bar Range plotted

# Regular Trading Hours First Bar Range
# Mobius
# V01.11.03.2017

declare hide_on_daily;

def RTH = if getTime() >= RegularTradingStart(getYYYYMMDD()) and
             secondsTillTime(1000) > 0
          then 1
          else 0;
def "RTH First Bar" = if SecondsTillTime(0930) == 0 and
                         SecondsFromTime(0930) == 0
                      then barNumber()
                      else "RTH First Bar"[1];
def "RTH First Bar High" = if barNumber() == HighestAll("RTH First Bar")
                           then high
                           else Double.NaN;
def "RTH First Bar Low" = if barNumber() == HighestAll("RTH First Bar")
                          then low
                          else Double.NaN;
plot "First Bar High" = if RTH and
                           barNumber() >= HighestAll("RTH First Bar")
                        then HighestAll("RTH First Bar High")
                        else Double.NaN;
"First Bar High".SetDefaultColor(Color.GREEN);
"First Bar High".HideBubble();
"First Bar High".HideTitle();
plot "First Bar Low" = if RTH and
                          barNumber() >= HighestAll("RTH First Bar")
                       then HighestAll("RTH First Bar Low")
                       else Double.NaN;
"First Bar Low".SetDefaultColor(Color.RED);
"First Bar Low".HideBubble();
"First Bar Low".HideTitle();
AddCloud("First Bar Low",   "First Bar High",   Color.DARK_GRAY,   Color.DARK_GRAY);
# End Code First Bar Range

14:56 DMonkey: pdub...
def start = 0930;
def h = high;
def c = close;
def first_high = if secondsFromTime(start) == 0
                 then high
                 else first_high[1];
plot scan = c crosses above first_high;

14:56 Nube: Plot firsthigh = if getsecondsfromtime(0930) > 0 and getsecondstilltime(0931) >= 0 then high else firsthigh[1];
14:57 Nube: Holy mackerel did I get beat to the punch on this one.
14:57 Mobius: That's ok Nube  just shows there's more than one way to do something
14:58 DMonkey: more than one way to skin a hairless cat....
15:00 Mobius: being hairless sure saves a lot of time in food preparation. Just dip and fry.
15:01 pdub1: I just went to the restroom real quick (Thanks Philly Cheesesteaks!) and came back and Mobius and DMonkey wrote scripts? amazing, ty, i was planning on working it out myself, but I guess you guys are fed up with my BS - fair enuf !!
15:03 UpTheCreek: think its fairly safe to say that those(mostly)  weren't just written.  The key for you is to understand them
15:07 Mobius: That's about it. Students don't usually write the textbook. They read it and try to understand the principles first
15:09 Nube: Now I'm hungry
15:12 AlphaInvestor: Pdub - people saw that you gave it an honest try. That is all we ask. You will learn and will soon be helping others in this chatroom.
15:12 Shizznet: ^
15:14 AlphaInvestor: Later Traders
15:14 pdub1: i appreciate it, i do try but my brain isn't good with this script writing, but with some guidance from y'all I'll get there eventually, but i dont think i'll be helping others in the chatroom anytime soon, lol
15:16 Shizznet: It’s addicting. You’d be surprised.
15:17 pdub1: @mobius, this may be silly question, but when you define the RTH FB, you place the time at 930, im CST so I start at 830, does ToS, just make this simple adjustment? this is silly question but just wondering
15:18 harndog: TOS time is EST
15:18 pdub1: its fine it works, this one i dont want to know why, never mind me asking that
15:20 harndog: Had the same question starting out
15:20 pdub1: ive got a few other issues tho, today, i was using my average daily range 'clouds' study, and why would it work on some charts but not others?
15:20 pdub1: all 1 min charts just flipping thru my watchlist, some would work, some wouldn't
15:22 harndog: Not sure.., start with only the script in question on the chart
15:23 pdub1: ok, let me flip thru some with just this study on
15:23 harndog: Ie no one knows what else you have on chart that might be generating the “conflict.”
15:23 Shizznet: ^
15:23 Mobius: pdub.. As harn.. said  ALL times in ThinkScript MUST be in EST no matter where you are or what time your charts are set to
15:24 MTS1: Mobius; curious: Why do you use RegularTradingStart to define RTH start, but if SecondsTillTime(0930) to def "RTH First Bar"; can RegularTradingStart not be used to find the first bar, or are you just showing multiple cat-skinning options?
15:25 Shizznet: Latter
15:26 MTS1: txs
15:26 pdub1: ok, woked on 1 out of 10 that i flipped thru, this is only thing i have in my studies
15:26 Mobius: RegularTradingStart() is not always the same as RTH
15:27 Shizznet: Or dirty feed
15:27 pdub1: so we have some sort of problem within the script, right? how would i troubleshoot that?
15:28 Jake-Elwood: me thinks this where the understanding comes in
15:28 pdub1: well, i wrote this part of the code, so i understand at least that
15:30 UpTheCreek: sometimes its something stupid that you did that if you think about you'll figure out.   Most of us use extra plots and labels in an attempt to understand what is going on inside
15:30 MTS1: RTH stands for Regular Trading Hours right, thought RegularTradingStart() is meant to find the start of RTH so you can use it across different futures that have different regular trading hrs?
15:30 Mobius: there's a couple ways to debug a study
use AddLabel() to see variable output
use SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.Values_Below) to see a stream or output

15:31 UpTheCreek: I think you got the point MTS
15:32 MTS1: RE: 17:26 Mobius: RegularTradingStart() is not always the same as RTH
15:32 Shizznet: Mhm
15:32 Mobius: MTS.. You answered your own question. Yes RTH is at 9:30 EST always. But futures start at other times than 9:30. Sometimes you want the RugularTradingStart and sometimes you want the Regular Trading Hours
15:34 Mobius: In Coding Semantics Are Important.
15:35 MTS1: OK; I thought RTH for say /CL was not 9:30. But I did notice volume still sometimes does not really kick in till 9:30, but thought RTH was instrument specific. Thanks!
15:35 fredw: Mobius is rth like "cash"hours
15:38 Mobius: Each instrument has it's own RegularTradingStart() (a function) but all instruments trade during Regular Trading Hours.
15:39 Mobius: One is a START signal. The other is a Time
15:40 pdub1: ok, this is what i started with and this may be the issue, this is the average daily range calculation with plots, and this is from Robert (fun with thinkscript), this does not show the outer dashed lines on every chart maybe 1/10 for whatever reason, but honestly there is no way i could look at this and go, oh ya, there is the problem, take a look if you want - http://tos.mx/v9WJgB#
15:41 Mobius: pdub.. I don't open links for discussion purposes. I find it far easier to just read the code in chat. So if you want my input post the script. If not that's fine too
15:42 pdub1: no worries, here you go
15:42 Mobius: And, I really don't need to look at someone elses code it it's not yours.
15:42 pdub1: # Intraday Aid
# Robert Payne
declare upper;
input NumDays = 21;

rec Calculation = fold idx = 0 to NumDays - 1 with a do (high(period = "day" )[idx] - low(period = "day" )[idx] + a);
rec DailyAvg = Round(Calculation / NumDays, 2);
rec MidPoint = (high(period = "day" )[0] + low(period = "day" )[0]) / 2;

AddLabel (1, DailyAvg, Color.white);

plot UB = if GetLastDay() == GetDay() AND low(period = "day" )[0] + DailyAvg > MidPoint + (DailyAvg / 2) then low(period = "day" )[0] + DailyAvg else Double.NaN;
UB.SetDefaultColor(Color.DARK_GREEN);
UB.SetStyle(Curve.SHORT_DASH);

plot LB = if GetLastDay() == GetDay() AND high(period = "day" )[0] - DailyAvg < MidPoint - (DailyAvg / 2) then high(period = "day" )[0] - DailyAvg else Double.NaN;
LB.SetDefaultColor(Color.DARK_RED);
LB.SetStyle(Curve.SHORT_DASH);

plot UpBound = if GetLastDay() == GetDay() then MidPoint + (DailyAvg / 2) else Double.NaN;
UpBound.SetDefaultColor(Color.GREEN);
UpBound.SetPaintingStrategy (PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);

plot DnBound = if GetLastDay() == GetDay() then MidPoint - (DailyAvg / 2) else Double.NaN;
DnBound.SetDefaultColor(Color.RED);
DnBound.SetPaintingStrategy (PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
15:43 MTS1: But /CL 'ends' at 14:30 ET right, still considered RTH till 1600? OR 1615? Sorry, still learning lingo.
15:45 Mobius: MTS.. that has no bearing on when RTH is. RTH never changes. It's from 9:30 to 3:00 regardless of what the symbol's trading hours are
15:46 Shizznet: Settlement (“pit”) closes at RegularTradingEnd() for /CL but it’s still tradeable 9:30-3:00
15:46 Shizznet: If I’m not mistaken.
15:46 Mobius: MTS.. Your just confusing two different constants
15:46 MTS1: Thanks
15:48 Mobius: pdub.. That Calculation fold isn't a fold expression
15:48 Mobius: in fact none of the first variables are recursive or folds
15:49 UpTheCreek: why the heck does Payne use index [0]?  was it required back in the olden days?
15:49 Mobius: no Up..  just ignorant
15:50 Mobius: nothing in fold or recursive has changed other than rec not being needed now
15:50 Shizznet: lol Mob
15:50 UpTheCreek: probbly just to wow his followers
15:50 Mobius: What followers
15:51 UpTheCreek: readers of his blog/site
15:51 Shizznet: lmao
15:51 Mobius: Ah.. Blind leading the Blind
15:51 UpTheCreek: this is complicated stuff, just let me do it
16:04 pdub1: usually doesnt get this cold in texas
16:04 pdub1: 24 right now
16:05 UpTheCreek: never been to the Panhandle?
16:05 pdub1: a long time ago i drove through it
16:05 UpTheCreek: in summer?
16:06 pdub1: i think so, but the state is huge, so the temp has to vary greatly
16:08 Shizznet: Seattle broke heat temperatures for winter season yesterday
16:08 Shizznet: 67 I think
16:08 pdub1: ok, so does the entire code need to be rewritten, or can i just change or update some simple things like rec to def?
16:10 UpTheCreek: u can update that, but there's no need
16:10 DMonkey: you needto start from scratch....
16:11 pdub1: did you gents find what is wrong with it to cause it be flaky and not work sometimes?
16:11 Mobius: i don't now what the purpose is of the code - The first variable returns the high and low of the highest indexed bars all the time and it never changes so you could just use   high[21] - low[21
16:12 UpTheCreek: yup, serioously flawed
16:13 pdub1: so since i based my addd scrip of of his UB calculation therin lies the problem?
16:15 pdub1: ok, well wats the level of difficulty for a low I.Q. (pdub1) person that doesn't write code to rewrite this code? asking for a friend?
16:16 Mobius: What is your goal
16:16 UpTheCreek: if I recall, you were given 3 examples that each make more sense than this Payne thing that we don't understand
16:17 DMonkey: tell friend, don't rewrite... start from scratch......tell friend to define goals...
16:22 fredw: pdub are you trying to use the intraday aid to predict how far a stock might move on any given day?
16:22 pdub1: well, i do like to know the last months or last 21 trading days average daily range of an equity i'm looking at, i like to know, because i base my targets and stops off of this, adr/6 + entry = target, adr/4 - entry = stop, and then i like to see the top of the adr on the chart so i know where the stock is within that range, low, middle or high, that is why i made the additional script that added my pretty clouds, so i could quickly glance at it
16:23 fredw: pdub this is too complicated for me
16:24 fredw: if you figure it out can you explain it later on
16:24 fredw: thanks
16:26 DMonkey: so you something like nesting the daily ATR around the open?
16:26 Shizznet: So a strategy then
16:27 UpTheCreek: ATR or ADR, decision time
16:27 pdub1: i mean #1, i'm not sure if  i am capable of writing a script to do this, but certainly would need guidance which would test at least 1 persons patience, #2, it certainly will not be as fancy as this one with its painting strategies and what not, and #3, if someone is going to help me, i still would like help on getting that damn line to stop in Mobius pivot array script, that i been trying to do since last friday, #4 go 'f' yourself - cast your #'d votes now
16:28 pdub1: um the adr is based on the day's lowest low, so since i only trade long right now, i'm just concerned with how high it is
16:30 pdub1: at least that is what i want to plot
16:32 UpTheCreek: so how would u plot today's range?
16:32 pdub1: um, highesthigh-lowestlow?
16:32 Shizznet: No señor
16:33 pdub1: highesthigh, must not mean high of day then
16:33 Mobius: pdub.. if your wanting to plot the daily average range around an average then look at the TOS native study Keltner Channel
16:33 UpTheCreek: think daily chart
16:33 UpTheCreek: it greatly simplifies things
16:33 Shizznet: Highest(High) is the Highest High within 12 bars default.
16:34 UpTheCreek: lots of helpers here, I'm gonna go deal with dinner
16:34 pdub1: but lowestlow does mean the low of the day in intraday
16:34 pdub1: ok thx UTC
16:34 Shizznet: No señor
16:35 pdub1: welp
16:35 pdub1: hold on manual time
16:35 pdub1: i made a note to check out keltner channels too btw @mobius
16:36 Mobius: Highest(high, length) and Lowest(low, length) plotted is Darvas Box, Stochastic Oscillator and if you average the Highest - Lowest that's Keltner Channel
16:38 Mobius: Fractal Pivots plot the lowest point and highest points in a range of bars
16:39 Mobius: Like Solomon said 3000 years ago -"There's nothing new under the sun"  decide what you want an how you want it plotted and somebody has already done it
16:44 fredw: wise man Mobius
16:44 DMonkey: pdub....decise on calculation....decide what time to start plot....decide how to plot.....
16:46 pdub1: yep, just a sec, im working out high, highest and highall is, brb, but i told you guys this would be excruciating
16:48 Shizznet: I’m High
16:48 Shizznet: In high
16:51 pdub1: lulz
17:09 pdub1: ok,
17:11 pdub1: when Forrest tells Jenny that "I am not a smart man, Jenny", this is what you are dealing with, ok, so to break this down or figure out the high of day only, i wrote a simple script - def h = high; plot line = h;   so high is the high of each candle/bar
17:11 pdub1: so that is not the high of the day, so lets try highest
17:13 harndog: Just hit on Twitter from John Hart: Hello all of our individual trader-developers! I have a new treat for you: https://developer.tdameritrade.com we just launched a new individual developer website for you!
17:14 harndog: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/
17:15 Jake-Elwood: likely not what u think, Harn dog
17:15 Shizznet: pdub, while in Editor, look at the inputs for High in Inspector to the right side
17:15 harndog: If you are accusing me of thinking , your already off track...
17:15 Jake-Elwood: :0
17:16 pdub1: what do you mean 'in Inspector'?
17:17 Shizznet: Reread what I wrote
17:17 pdub1: i see it
17:17 pdub1: omg,
17:18 pdub1: def h = high(period = AggregationPeriod.DAY);
plot line = h;
17:19 pdub1: THAT is the high of the day ^^
17:20 pdub1: ok, so we have to define the period we want inside of parenthesis after the high
17:20 pdub1: can we just put 'day' in parenthesis?
17:20 pdub1: let me try
17:21 Shizznet: Si
17:22 Shizznet: Abuse the use of that Inspector
17:24 pdub1: ok, will do, but it seems like that there is a term that may better describe this, or you guys i think write it more simply than that, i couldn't get it to take just def h = high(day); that didnt work
17:24 pdub1: so we have this def h = high(period = AggregationPeriod.DAY);
plot line = h;
17:25 pdub1: i'm ok if thats it for now
17:25 pdub1: now im gonna def the low
17:27 fredw: if that's the high you want then go to the next step.
17:27 pdub1: when i type in def l = low and go to the inspector, it just has like a calculator there now, how come?
17:29 Jake-Elwood: no command on that line
17:29 Nube: def = !low
17:29 Stryder008: anyone want an improved RSI or MFI? (50 line and clouds for oversold/overbought zones)
17:29 Nube: oh, that a "el", sorry
17:29 fredw: look through tos native indicators. there are daily indicators that you can edit
17:30 Jake-Elwood: sure Stryder, esp if it'll make me millions
17:30 Stryder008: well i make no promises of that ;)
17:30 Jake-Elwood: always hopin'
17:30 harndog: Ok...500k works
17:31 harndog: Get the auction process going
17:31 Stryder008: ok my cut is 20%
17:31 Stryder008: improved MFI: http://tos.mx/b33fs7#
17:31 harndog: 2/20
17:32 Stryder008: improved RSI: http://tos.mx/2gSghx#
17:32 Stryder008: this is my way of giving back to the community here
17:32 Nube: I'll give you half of every billion I make
17:33 UpTheCreek: taking out expenses?
17:33 Stryder008: a big thanks to Mobius, AlphaInvestor, UpTheCreek, Nube
17:33 fredw: pdub steel dailyhighlow use it in your code
17:33 harndog: Thank you and did these scripts have headers?
17:33 Stryder008: lol Nube
17:33 Stryder008: i only put a header for the clouds
17:34 pdub1: look at this shit - def h = high(period = AggregationPeriod.DAY);
plot line = h;
def l = low(period = AggregationPeriod.DAY);
plot linel = l;

def ADR = h-l;
addlabel (yes,ADR,color.white);
17:35 Stryder008: i plan to add a 'q score' to the RSI and MFI scripts to utilize a lookback to give buy/sell signals with arrows. but that's quite a bit more complicated ;)
17:35 pdub1: so that answers UTC question of what is todays average daily range - where is he? dammit
17:36 Stryder008: the RSI has this feature - but i'm still tweaking it
17:36 Shizznet: What’s next
17:37 pdub1: next we need to total the last months period of ADR's and divide by 21 total trading days to get our average adr
17:37 fredw: pdub you are basically rewriting the average true range
17:37 pdub1: daily adr
17:37 Jake-Elwood: Stryder you should really put a header at the top of the code so we know what version it is,  when it was written, who to blame, etc.
17:38 fredw: why don't you just edit tos average true range
17:38 UpTheCreek: fred, the average daily range is NOT the same as the ATR.   ATR is more complicated
17:39 pdub1: i was lookin at what ATR was...
17:39 pdub1: ya fred its not the same, geez
17:39 harndog: #StudyName:
#Description:
#Author:
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# TOS.mx Link:
# Trading Notes:
17:40 Stryder008: thanks for the tip, Jake. i will add that.
17:40 UpTheCreek: they both have their place, depends on what you are trying to do.
17:40 Stryder008: ty harn
17:40 harndog: Script of header: http://tos.mx/4Fqwmo#
17:40 Stryder008: ty
17:41 harndog: yw.... thank you for kicking back into the room
17:41 Shizznet: ^
17:42 pdub1: looks like ATR uses prior days close in its calculations, but dont hold me to that, i clearly do not know what i'm doing
17:43 pdub1: ok, so UTC i found the what (1) days adr was, so now i have to add up all of these for the last period, being a month
17:44 Stryder008: it's the least i could do
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17:45 avshar: could somebody please PB today between 16:45 and 18:26? thank you
17:45 avshar: that's in CST
17:45 pdub1: oh no
17:45 Shizznet: I just got on desktop =\
17:46 pdub1: we need a late checkout
17:47 Jake-Elwood: /UF83NL9Q
17:47 avshar: thank you, Jake
17:48 pdub1: how would i say total of last 21 ADR's?
17:48 pdub1: hmmm
17:48 Shizznet: Sum()
17:48 UpTheCreek: patrick, one of my previous suggestions was to do this on a daily chart.  doing it intraday is going to be significantly more painful
17:49 pdub1: but i trade on an intraday chart
17:50 Nube: http://tos.mx/CI9rwH#
17:50 UpTheCreek: that doesnn't makeit easaier
17:50 Nube: Updated quote label to include a quote for when gold is on the ticker
17:50 Nube:
17:51 Shizznet: omg lol
17:51 pdub1: ok, so u want me to start again on a daily chart?
17:51 Shizznet: Such a good way to end the night haha
17:51 UpTheCreek: lol nube
17:52 UpTheCreek: yes, when you have it working on the daily, you get a bronze star
17:53 pdub1: well my plots and label are on the daily chart right now
17:53 fredw: #by Lash #Apr 27, 2017 input ATRLength = 5; input period = AggregationPeriod.DAY; def ATR = Average(TrueRange(high(period = period), close(period = period), low(period = period)), ATRLength); AddLabel(yes, "Average True Range " + ATR, if ATR > ATR[1] then Color.GREEN else Color.RED);
17:53 fredw: gn
17:53 pdub1: did fred just mic drop us?
17:54 UpTheCreek: looks that way
17:54 UpTheCreek: unfortunately for you, you care about ADR
17:55 pdub1: idk what fred did, imma place it in a study
17:55 UpTheCreek: double unfortunately, that doesn't solve the intraday problem
17:57 Shizznet:
#TimeBased_Renko_V2
## amalia
#Hint: For /Futures products mainly. Renko bars based on the Stretch by Crabel, MinimumValue by Amalia or AverageTrueRange
#Notes: v1 =  http://tos.mx/Onm5Wb#
#Looks best when
AssignBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK); #is enabled

AddVerticalLine(GetTime() crosses above RegularTradingEnd(GetYYYYMMDD()), "Globex Start", CreateColor(0, 102, 102));
AddVerticalLine(GetTime() crosses above RegularTradingStart(GetYYYYMMDD()), "RTH Start", CreateColor(255, 51, 0));

declare hide_on_daily;

input showLabels = YES;
input RangeMethod = {default Stretch, Min, ATR};
input RangeLength = 10;
input averageType = AverageType.SIMPLE;
input showClouds = YES;
script R {
    input V = 0;
    plot R  = Round(V/TickSize(),0)*TickSize();
}#TickSize rounding ^
input RangeStart = {default Globex, RTH};
def First;
switch (RangeStart) {
case Globex:
    First    = if GetTime() crosses above RegularTradingEnd(GetYYYYMMDD()) then 1 else 0;
case RTH:
    First    = if GetTime() crosses above RegularTradingStart(GetYYYYMMDD()) then 1 else 0;
}

def O = Open;
def H = High;
def L = Low;
def bar = BarNumber();
def NA = Double.NaN;
def ORActive = if First==1 then bar else 0;
def Whut = if bar == ORActive then bar else Whut[1];
def Wut = CompoundValue(1, Max(bar, Whut) - Min(bar, Whut), O);

#Script The Stretch by T. Crabel and Minimum Value by Amalia or AverageTrueRange
script Vol {
    def A = AggregationPeriod.DAY;
    input sLength = 10;
    input Avg = AverageType.SIMPLE;
    def T = TickSize();
    def C = close(period = A)[1];
    def O = open(period = A)[1];
    def L = low(period = A)[1];
    def H = high(period = A)[1];

#Minimum average of the tail end calculation
    plot Min = MovingAverage(Avg, (if C>=O then Min(H-C, O-L) else Min(H-O, C-L)), sLength);

#Define "The Stretch" by T. Crabel
    plot Stretch = MovingAverage(Avg, Min(H-O, O-L), sLength);

#AverageTrueRange
    plot ATR     = MovingAverage(Avg, TrueRange(high, close, low), sLength);
}

def Range;
switch (RangeMethod) {
case Stretch:
    Range    = Vol("s length" = RangeLength, avg = averageType).Stretch;
case Min:
    Range    = Vol("s length" = RangeLength, avg = averageType).Min;
case ATR:
    Range    = Vol("s length" = RangeLength, avg = averageType).ATR;
}

def BrickSize = R(Range);
def Mortar    = if Wut==0 then H else if H>=Mortar[1]+BrickSize then Mortar[1]+BrickSize else if Wut==0 then L else if L<=Mortar[1]-BrickSize then Mortar[1]-BrickSize else Mortar[1];

plot Bricks = Mortar;

def Stack = if Mortar!=Mortar[1] then Mortar[1] else Stack[1];

plot Renko = Stack;

#Direction bias
input showArrows = YES;
def ArrUp = if showArrows and H crosses below Min(Bricks, Renko) then H else NA;
def ArrDn = if showArrows and L crosses above Max(Bricks, Renko) then L else NA;
plot Arr_Up = (ArrDn);
plot Arr_Dn = (ArrUp);

#In order to improve trade risk management while daytrading, you can use Range*1 as a target and use Range*.618 as a stoploss. I sometimes use Range*3 as targets and Range*1 as a stoploss depending on parameters and market conditions.
input show_Values = YES;
plot RangeValue = if show_Values and H==high(period = "DAY") then R(Range) else NA;
plot StopLossValue = if show_Values and L==Low(period = "DAY") then R(Range*.618) else NA;

addLabel(showLabels,
         "Range = " + R(Range) + "  |    " +
         "StopLoss = " + R(Range*.618) + "  |    " +
         if Arr_Up then "Buy" else if Arr_Dn then "Sell" else ""
        ,Color.GREEN);

input alerts = YES;
alert(if alerts and Arr_Up then 1 else 0, "Buy", Alert.ONCE, Sound.CHIMES);
alert(if alerts and Arr_Dn then 1 else 0, "Sell", Alert.ONCE, Sound.CHIMES);

AddCloud(if showClouds then Bricks else 0, if showClouds then Renko else 0, Color.GRAY, Color.GRAY);

Arr_Up.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_ARROW_UP);
Arr_Dn.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_ARROW_DOWN);
Bricks.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
Renko.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
RangeValue.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.VALUES_ABOVE);
StopLossValue.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.VALUES_BELOW);
Arr_Up.SetDefaultColor(Color.WHITE);
Arr_Dn.SetDefaultColor(Color.WHITE);
Bricks.SetDefaultColor(Color.GRAY);
Renko.SetDefaultColor(Color.GRAY);

#End Code


17:57 UpTheCreek: hey nube, it should be 'gentlemen'
17:58 Nube: Oh duh, it's not a gentleman refers bonds
17:58 Nube: or prefers them either
17:58 Nube: thanks for catching that
17:58 UpTheCreek: shizz, do you know why it's not as simple as sum()???
17:59 Shizznet: You can use that to plot targets. Put something in like def TgtUp = Max(Bricks, Renko)+(Max(Bricks, Renko)*2); or whatever. Vice-versa for lower target.
17:59 pdub1: is that for me?
17:59 Shizznet: Mhm
17:59 Shizznet: Coding practice that is.
18:00 Shizznet: NIght
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